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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
Guys like Allen, Herbert, Mayfield, Watson, all have moments in which they transcend just playing the position and make 'wow' plays. All will need to prove they can be consistent as well, but they have that extra ability. Rivers had that ability, but also would choke in the big moments just as often as not, and that's why he never won a championship.
None of these guys are Mahomes, though. None of them. Chiefs fans have gotten so spoiled so quickly though that many are unable to register that some of these other young guys are real good and have potential to be great; they just won't be Mahomes. Nobody is.
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I think the biggest problem is everyone already knows who Mahomes is and everyone is guessing what might become of everyone else.
I always see a lot of "not YET" kind of remarks that tend to get lost in these discussions.... yeah, Allen has some great qualities and some great stats, etc; but there's a huge difference between being "Rivers great" or playoff great, and we can only guess which one he'll be at this point.
I don't think it's an inability to assess any QB who won't live up to Mahomes... some people are simply waiting for them to prove what kind of QB they really are.
This isn't 2010 when you had 3 AFC QBs who had been to multiple SBs and won several in that decade... being the 2nd or 3rd best QB in the conference means jack shit right now, because it's only Mahomes who's proven he can win a SB. And that's not bashing the other QBs, it's simply the truth.